Okay… here is the story. A long-time friend who now lives a 1,000 miles away made an invitation for me and my wife to come see him and his wife over the new year’s for a party they are hosting. They are going to be in town over the xmas holiday but back to their home on NY’s.
We have a tradition of spending new year’s together and in fact spent the last 9 out of 10 together. Here is the wording… “This year XXXX and I are not going to be in XXXX for NY’s. I know this is kind of short notice but we would love for you guys to come down to us.”
Now here is the interesting part…they are extremely wealthy (millions) and we are middle-class and we have been hurting a lot this year and they know this. They have in the past flown us down, treated hotel rooms on common vacations, etc… But it was always a direct mention, not implied. This message does not specifically mention airfare.
I emailed back and said we couldn’t afford it. We have not heard back. My question is are they kicking us to the curb or were they not expecting us to ask for help?
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